Planning Permission Obtained for Fishery Manager’s House

Man of Action Posted on March 7, 2013 Posted in News

New housing in the UK countryside is usually prohibited. Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors has obtained permission for a family house at Parkley Fishery. Parkley is one of the best pond fisheries in Scotland. West Lothian Council accepted the aquaculture report produce by PP. Pearson Planning provides advice & assistance to rural businesses. Pearson Planning also lead the design process, resulting in a house suitable for location in the Almond Valley Area of Landscape Quality.

Edinburgh, 12 November, and Ivan McKee MSP announced to the national assembly that work on introducing a Community Infrstructure Levy in Scotland is “stopped”. Ivan ‘the terrible’ McKee recognised that the Levy was not welcome. There is a general acceptance, too, that much needed house building is being stalled by disproportionate obligation demands, and as Ivan says “unpredictable, costly and lengthy” planning application processes. McKee, branded ‘the terrible’ because of His handling of public finances north of the Cheviots, offers only one solution: higher planning fees! Genius! Increasing (again) authority revenues is not the solution. The vast majority of applications are determined by individual Officers (many of which have no professional qualifications) without the right of appeal. This needs to stop. SNP Government spending for 2023-2024 had a negative fiscal balance of -£22 billion. This must stop.